So we're down the the final month of Hearthpwn... But there's a new website being run by the same people. Bittersweet!
I'll take a moment to list features I'd like to see in Hearthstone, one more time for posterity:
-Tournament Mode - This exists in most digital card games at launch. I want to que up with 7 other players, and compete to win prizes.
-Other Constructed formats besides Standar/Wild casual and ranked. Pauper mode, No spells, No Legends, one of the Brawl formats... there are a lot of options aside from Casual and Ranked, which have the exact same card pools and rules for both. Maybe Casual could be replaced by "Mega" with 60 card decks? There are literally dozens of options they could explore without any huge changes to the game, and hundreds if they want to get creative.
-Auto-Squelch - it can be deep in the options menu, but for those who want this, it should be easy to implement and harmless. If my opponent has me auto-squelched, you don't even have to tell me.
-Option to craft card-backs - even if cost is high, like 3200 dust, I think they should open this door, at least for the monthly card backs. I'd like the Pirate back for Pirate decks, and I missed that one. If the cost is really high, you respect the people who've had them for a while.
-More deck slots, even as a purchasable option - Yes, 18 is more than the original 9, but there are 9 classes, and two formats, plus single player modes that require deck building. Shouldn't we be able to build more decks if we want? Even if only 5% of users want it, it should be so easy to do this! I vote for 9 pages of 9, so each class can have up to 9 decks... That's 81 decks, and there'd just be an arrow to scroll through, either class based deck pages or just all mixed up so users could organize them how they want.
-Multi-player content. Think 2v2, or 2vE - fighting the Lich King with a friend would be pretty sweet. Fighting two players with a friend would be even sweeter.
-The Return of Adventures, which introduce roughly 20 new cards and have a low cost, shaking up the meta a bit. With the newest single player content costing $20, it blows my mind that they didn't bring back the cards, like old Adventures. It's a fun way to introduce a few cards between sets.
-Monthly emails with stats (they sent me one of these, not sure what happened) - They've already done this, just bring it back!
-A "first win of the day" bonus, perhaps 50-100 gold. This would be separate from daily quests, and in addition to the ten gold for three wins. Personally, this sort of gimmick makes me want to log onto Eternal and MtG:A more often, and I'd love to have something similar in HS.
-Other limited modes besides Arena, like Draft or Sealed - How sweet would it be to open ten packs, and then build a 30 card deck.
-Optional Chat - Sure, chat would probably be toxic. But it'd be something you could turn on and off. I'd love to be able to talk to my opponent when I'm in single-digit ranks, because we're both putting some time into the game. At rank 20, I'd probably leave it turned off. But shouldn't we have the option? Granted, it'd only work if both players had it enabled, but some people actually like to interact.
-In Client Deck Tracker - Why should you have to download and install an add-on to see what cards are left in your deck? Couldn't they add this to the game client, as an option?
-Dual-Class Deck-building options - Okay, this isn't as much of a Hearthstone feature as it would be an idea for new content, but it'd be great to build decks with cards from more than once class. Maybe this is just the Magic player in me that loves making decks with two or more colors, but I'd love to see this in HS, maybe with the downside of having no hero power when you dual-class. This would be hard, and might screw up the balance of the game, but I can dream, right?
I had some more ideas, but those are the big ones. To the Hearthpwn team, thanks for maintaining such a great website for all this time, and I'll look forward to seeing your new site as well.
Cheers,
Chantry
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2 pvp would be crazy fun!i loved the idea :) but great points indeed
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I couldn t agree more with the post..i m a beta player and i miss only some epics from the whole collection.trully a waste of time and effort..the last couple of months i come only for the quests and a last hope.Druid nerf was disappointing,i only meet (as i like to call them) Fortnite mentality kids net decking me all the time with the most annoying aggro decks ever.there s No such thing as “home brewed deck” anymore,no creativity,no fun.feels like blzrd don’t listen to their community.shame shame shame